by Mary Hutzler

American taxpayers footed a $16.6 billion bill for energy subsidies, tax breaks, loan guarantees, and the like in 2007 alone, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That’s more than double the Federal subsidy level from eight years earlier. 
In fact, on an energy fuel basis, Congress has increased subsidies for [...]

TAX: (noun) a burdensome charge, obligation, or duty demanded by a government (verb) to lay a burden on; make serious demands on; to take to task; censure; reprove.
Washington, DC – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today called on the U.S. Senate to stop the political charade and address the real issues surrounding high energy [...]

Posted by Daniel Kish 
 Today Congress takes up H.R. 6074, the “NOPEC” bill.  In sum, the bill states: 
“It shall be illegal and a violation of this Act… to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product…or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any [...]

Environmental groups are against a plan for new coal fired plants in the towns of Bay City and Midland, Michigan. The new plants would operate for 50 years. Environmental groups don’t want such a commitment for such an old technology.
Environmental groups want to use renewable energy rather than using coal. They think that the power [...]

Former President Bill Clinton was in coal country and highlighted the role clean coal can play in the stabilization of the economy. “Clean coal can turn this country around,” Clinton said. “We can’t walk away from coal and its importance to our future in America.”
He went on, “We need to focus our attention on clean [...]

The storing of CO2 gases in an underground gas reservoir is being questioned by the National Generations Forum. John Boshier says, “With 80 per cent of Australia’s generation from coal, that means we have to find carbon capture and storage sites for most of that,”
“That’s 200 million tonnes of carbon dioxide at the moment, rising [...]